The Power of Interconnectivity: Tan Sitong's Invention of Historical Agency in Late Qing China
To explore how Chinese Buddhists acted as trailblazers of Engaged Buddhism, I shall analyze a late nineteenth-century thinker, Tan Sitong 譚嗣同 (1865–1898). The focus of my analysis is his masterpiece, <em>Renxue</em> 仁學. From his position of Buddhist eclecticism, Tan discoursed at length...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for the Study of Global Buddhism
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Buddhism |
| Online Access: | http://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/93 |